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Circular; illogical. [Obs. & .] "Cross and circulary speeches." Hooker.

A leading about; circumlocution. [R.] Hooker.

rom the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established Church. Hooker.

magnify that coessential Spirit, eternally proceeding from both [The Father and the Son]. Hooker.

adv. Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of human justice. Hooker.

[Obs.] Wyclif. God's own testimony . . . doth not a little comfort and confirm the same. Hooker.

A woman invested with authority to command. Hooker.

ir own commodity, yet if this were done with injury to others, it was not to be suffered. Hooker.

The majority or bulk of mankind. [Obs.] Hooker.

mmunion of saints. We are naturally induced to seek communion and fellowship with others. Hooker. What communion hath light with darkness 2 Cor. vi. 14. Bare communion with a good church can never alone make a good man. South.

ment there is a close comprehension of the New; in the New, an open discovery of the Old. Hooker.

o shut up; to inclose. [Obs.] The very person of Christ [was] concluded within the grave. Hooker.

ompact. Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church. Hooker. Cold congregates all bodies. Coleridge. The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas. Milton.

doth the church of Rome deny that her enemies do at all appertain to the church of Christ Hooker. A whole sentence may fail of its congruity by wanting one particle. Sir P. Sidney.

Of or pertaining to a consistory. "Consistorial laws." Hooker. "Consistorial courts." Bp. Hoadley.

ipline; as, the constitutions of Justinian. The positive constutions of our own churches. Hooker. A constitution of Valentinian addressed to Olybrius, then prefect of Rome, for the regulation of the conduct of advocates. George Long. Apostolic constitutions. See under Apostolic.

Capable of being constrained; liable to constraint, or to restraint. Hooker.

By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner. Hooker.

m and in Him, even as though our very flesh and bones should be made continuate with his. Hooker.

To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist. [Obs.] No truth can contradict another truth. Hooker. A greater power than we can contradict Hath thwarted our intents. Shak.